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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Whilst you can create Model Document elements separately and generate individual documents from each one, you have added flexibility and scope if you organize Model Documents under a Master Document. You can generate a document with a <a href="import_rtf_template.htm">corporate template</a> for the covers, contents, headers and footers, whilst each section (generated from a separate Model Document) has its own appearance defined by a template appropriate to the section content.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To create a Master Document element, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Open or create the diagram in which to create the Master Document.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">In the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_NumberedList">, select </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">More Tools | Documentation</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Drag the </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">Master Document</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> icon onto the diagram. The system prompts you for the name of the Master Document.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Type the element name and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The system creates the Master Document element and a child Custom diagram of the same name.</span></li>
<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">Open the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Tagged Values</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> window (</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">View | Tagged Values</span><span class="f_NumberedList">) and click on the Master Document element. The </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">RTFTemplate</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> Tagged Value displays in the window.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="modeltemplatetv.png" width="448" height="334" border="0" alt="ModelTemplateTV"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=6><span class="f_NumberedList">The </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">RTFTemplate</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> Tagged Value defaults to </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">(model document: master template)</span><span class="f_NumberedList">. If you want to use an alternative master template, click on the drop down arrow at the right of the field and click on that template in the list.</span></li>
<li value=7><span class="f_NumberedList">Return to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> and open the Master Document child diagram.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">At this point, you <a href="createadocumentobject.htm">create the Model Document</a> elements in the child diagram, to provide the content for the generated document.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When you have added all your Model Document elements to the Master Document diagram, the Master Document element resembles the following:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="masterdoca.png" width="150" height="129" border="0" alt="MasterDocA"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Your completed Master document element and child diagram display in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> as shown below:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="masterdocicon.png" width="179" height="126" border="0" alt="MasterDocIcon"></p>




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